The excavations of this villa rustica in the vicinity of Heidelberg only began in the 1980s. What was discovered was a rather imposing Roman villa from the 2nd and 3rd century CE. At the time it was close to Lopodunum (today: Ladenburg) which had been … Continue reading The villa rustica near Großsachsen
This is the fundament of the Haselburg near Höchst im Odenwald. For years, the locals took stones for their own houses from this ancient Roman villa. The realisation that it was in fact an ancient site dating back to the 2nd century C.E. came relatively … Continue reading A Roman Foundation
About 8 km from the Roman military encampment Lopodunum (which later became Ladenburg, a town halfway between Mannheim and Heidelberg in the Upper Rhine Valley) one of the Romans decided to built a villa rustica. This is the view due south, Lopodunum would be a … Continue reading A Roman Picked the Spot
Six more words – a bonus Henry:
Six Word Saturday
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Inspired by Geriatrix’ toilet signs last week I consulted my archive and came up with these:
Arranged according to age:
A Roman toilet from around the 2nd century in a villa rustica near Höchst im Odenwald. The Windeck toilet with a long drop built around 1100 AD in Weinheim. The Tiefburg in Handschuhsheim is about 200 younger but features the same kind of jutty toilet. And the simple hole in a stone toilet in Oppède-le-vieux, also from the middle ages.
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when building a house. That’s true today and it was true 2000 years ago when an enterprising Roman build himself a villa rustica here.
FOWC with Fandango: Fundamental
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These two poplars grace the site of the Roman villa rustica near Großsachsen, close to Ladenburg and Heidelberg. There are other poplars in our area but these two give the site a Mediterranean flair that is just right.
Both trees have numbers. They are 37 years old, mere babies next to the stones of the villa.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Trees or Tree Parts
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For Saturday’s Ragtag Daily Prompt I posted a photo of the Roman villa rustica which was found and the foundations excavated near our town about 40 years ago. I realised that I didn’t have many photos of the site so I made the 2 km trip and took some more yesterday afternoon.
This is a view of the small temple at the back of the house. As far as I know it is not known what god or gods were worshipped here but the timeframe (first to third century AD) and artifacts found in the Roman city of Lopodunum (Ladenburg) nearby suggest that it might have been Sol invictus.
So in honour of his longest reign this year:
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Midsummer
In the early 1980s the site of a Roman villa was discovered near our town. The foundations were excavated and then enlarged so that visitors would have more of an understanding of the layout of this villa rustica. The foundations were only augmented and some of the walls were built up to less than half their original height. The photo shows an outside wall with half a window in it, just to give the impression of what it kind of looked like in around 300 AD.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Incomplete
In the back is a freight train, 20th century technology transporting 21st century goods. And in the foreground are the remains of a villa rustica, a farming estate from almost 2000 years ago when the Romans were settling in the area.
The villa was only discovered in the 1980s although it is a built up area. I was very impressed with the layout and the swimming pool as well as the underfloor heating.
Square 24 for the KindaSquare Challenge in October.
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